In a randomised controlled trial (RCT) we are usually trying to answer the question of which treatment is best. Sometimes, though, may be considering that do not believe will perform better than an existing option but has other benefits: it could cheaper, easier deliver or more acceptable patients. For example, need for urodynamic testing compared with simple office evaluation before stress inc...

In German intonational phonology two different approaches to model nuclear falling accents exist (cf. [6, 8] vs. GToBI [11]). While [6] and [8] assume only left-headed pitch accents, the GToBI system allows for leftand right headedness. Consequently, in the former approach one simple falling accent (H*L) is represented in the tonal grammar while GToBI distinguishes between two falling accents, ...